HIGH
OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code on the client by using setenv with the LD_PRELOAD environment variable
Published Apr 6, 2006
9.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.09%
Description
OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code on the client by using setenv with the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.09% 0.03093
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03093
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.09% (0.03093) | 87.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03021) | 85.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 22, 2025 | 3.56% (0.03560) | 87.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.76% (0.04757) | 88.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.68% (0.06682) | 85.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 4.76% (0.04757) | 88.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.12% (0.06124) | 90.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00613) | 79.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00613) | 78.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.61% (0.00613) | 75.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.48% (0.03481) | 84.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.48% (0.03481) | 83.25th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.48% (0.03481) | 66.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://openvpn.net/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19531 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19598 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19837 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19897 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10093825&forum_id=8482 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1045 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:069 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/security/openvpn-print x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.osvdb.org/24444 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17392 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1261 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25667 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 6, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 5, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1629
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a